Tag Archives: Tree shelters

You know, I think these “tree tubes” are going to catch on!

Holy buckets what a spring!  Sorry for the lack of posts recently.  Spring sales started early and have been building to an avalanche (sorry for the mixed metaphor) ever since. This is my 25th spring of selling tree tubes, and … Continue reading

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Customer invents the tree tube… then buys some

A customer and I were laughing together the other day as he recounted how he – inadvertently – invented tree tubes… and then discovered they already exist. This gentleman in upstate New York has been planting trees – mostly apple … Continue reading

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The browse line perfectly illustrated

It continues to irk me that even though I have been in the tree tube business for 24 years that my customers are better at explaining their benefits than I am. I received a text over the weekend from an … Continue reading

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Tree Tubes: No more wasted trees

One of the sad facts of my job selling tree tubes is that I rarely talk to anyone the first time they plant trees.  Usually what happens is that they plant and fail once or twice (or more) and then … Continue reading

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Can I use tree tubes on shrubs? Yes!

Every spring I get asked dozens of times if tree tubes work on shrubs planted as small seedlings.  Absolutely!  Here’s the email I sent to a customer this morning who asked that exact question: Yes, I have a lot of … Continue reading

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Another happy tree tube customer…

I never, ever get tired of getting emails like this – from Bill in Nebraska: I’ll also be planting more trees so I’ll be ordering more tree tubes later on. I won’t plant another tree without them, greatest thing ever. … Continue reading

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Video: Now THIS is how to grow a tree

Top notch planting stock.  Prepare the planting hole months in advance to let the soil mellow.  Careful planting.  Aggressive weed control.  And, of course, Tree Tubes. Click here to see the result, at least for the guys at Mossy Oak’s … Continue reading

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Tree Tube Feedback 6: Becoming a serial tree planter

I got this text over the weekend: 99 Percent survival rate. 90 Percent are out of the tubes. Its amazing. Have a hundred chestnuts ordered and may order 200 more oaks and fruit trees lol…..Tree tubes are great! I have … Continue reading

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Tree Tube Feedback 5

Emails like this one from a customer in northern Illinois are especially gratifying for me: The forester who prepared my forestry improvement plan strongly recommended use of cages over tree tubes, but I am really glad I did not follow … Continue reading

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PVC stake alternatives for rocky or compacted soils

I absolutely LOVE pvc stakes for tree tubes.  More specifically 1/2″ schedule 40 PVC electrical conduit: I used to field dozens of calls per year about stake failure.  Now I don’t get any.  PVC stakes flex but don’t break, don’t … Continue reading

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